Former U.S. Senator

Larry PresslerNo longer serving

State SD Party Republican Senate 1979–1997 House 1975–1979

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Bills introduced

As sponsor, from the 107th Congress

Became law

Of the bills they introduced

Cosponsored

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes

760

Roll calls tied to a bill

Floor speeches

In the Congressional Record, from 2001

Biography

A Representative and a Senator from South Dakota. Born in Humboldt, Minnehaha County, S. Dak. , March 29, 1942. Graduated, University of South Dakota, Vermillion 1964. Attended Oxford University, England, 1965, as a Rhodes Scholar. Received a graduate degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard 1971. Graduated, Harvard Law School 1971. Admitted to District of Columbia bar in 1972 and commenced practice. Served in the United States Army 1966-1968, with service in Vietnam. Served in the Office of Legal Advisor to Secretary of State 1971-1974. Elected as a Republican in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress. Reelected to the Ninety-fifth Congress and served from January 3, 1975, to January 3, 1979. Was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives, but was elected in 1978 to the United States Senate. Reelected in 1984 and again in 1990 and served from January 3, 1979, to January 3, 1997. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1996. Chairman, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (One Hundred Fourth Congress). Admitted to the New York bar in 1997. Formed Pressler International, LLC, and serves on five corporate boards of directors. Teacher and senior fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001-. Law partner. Member, Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Advisory Board. Appointed official observer, Ukraine national election, December 2004. Is a resident of Sioux Falls, S. Dak.

Record

Every recorded vote, bill and floor speech, newest first.

Recorded votes tied to a bill, including procedural motions on it such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed.

Bill	Question	Voted	Date
HR 2942	On the Conference Report H.R. 2942	Yea	Oct 16, 1991
HR 2698	On the Conference Report H.R. 2698	Yea	Oct 16, 1991
HR 2426	On the Conference Report H.R. 2426	Yea	Oct 16, 1991
S 1722	On Overriding the Veto S. 1722	Nay	Oct 16, 1991
HR 2508	On the Conference Report H.R. 2508	Nay	Oct 8, 1991
SJRES 110	On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 110	Yea	Oct 2, 1991
SRES 186	On the Resolution S.Res. 186	Yea	Oct 2, 1991
S 1722	On the Conference Report S. 1722	Nay	Oct 1, 1991

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Party, state and chamber are those of this member's most recent term. Bills and cosponsorships are held from the 107th Congress onwards and recorded votes from the 101st, so a member who served before those points will show fewer than they filed, or none. Committee service is held from the 107th Congress onwards, dated from the House and Senate resolutions and Congressional Record notices that seat and remove members. Subcommittee assignments are made inside each committee and carry no official date, so a subcommittee seat is shown from the first to the last printed hearing, Congressional Directory edition or official roster that lists the member. Vote counts cover roll calls tied to a bill; the chambers also vote on procedure and nominations, which are not listed here. Office, telephone and website are not shown for a member who has left, because the ones on file were theirs while serving. Records come from Congress.gov and the Biographical Directory of Congress.